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| 1. | [ adjective ] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | |
| Synonyms: | gaunt emaciated haggard pinched cadaverous wasted skeletal | |
| Examples: | "emaciated bony hands" "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys" "eyes were haggard and cavernous" "small pinched faces" kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" |
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| Related terms: | thin | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] composed of or containing bone | |
| Synonyms: | osseous osteal | |
| Examples: | "osseous tissue" |
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| Related terms: | bone bone bone | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having bones especially many or prominent bones | |
| Synonyms: | boney | |
| Examples: | "a bony shad fillet" "her bony wrist" |
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| Related terms: | boneless boned strong-boned bonelike bone | |
| Similar spelling: |
bonny Bon bonney Boan Boen Bohn Bown boon Bonn Bohan Bohne Bohon boney Boyum Boone Bowen Bowne Boyan Boyne Boann Bonnie Bonneau Boni Bono bone Bona boom Bohm |
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